(n.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia.
(n.) A service-book. See Pie.
(n.) A size of type next larger than small pica, and smaller than English.
Example Sentences:
(1) During the operation an upward looping PICA was found crossing and tightly compressing the exit zone of the right facial nerve.
(2) CT showed low density areas in 15 cases after 24 hours of the onset, but an abnormality was not demonstrated in one case which had an infarction of PICA area.
(3) In this method, when the angle between the film and the horizontal plain of Frankfurt is fixed at 50 degrees, the origin of PICA is projected on the film between the upper and lower teeth line.
(4) Especially, aneurysms which originate from distal portion of PICA are very rare.
(5) The death rate was high (4 (14%) of the 29 admissions and 3 (21%) of the admissions associated with pica).
(6) The second case had a large thrombosed aneurysm in the left vertebral artery compressing the medulla oblongata, with small perforators originating from the proximal posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) feeding the brainstem.
(7) The aetiopathogenesis of pica is discussed as well as its role in the development of necrotising enteritis.
(8) The direct PICA supply comes from a trigeminal trunk.
(9) The authors present a case of dissecting aneurysm of the right posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) in a 47-year-old female, who suffered from mild subarachnoid hemorrhage.
(10) In addition to providing a demonstration of "psychological" involvement in the etiology of pica, these results indicate that visceral conditioning may accompany the formation of conditioned taste aversions.
(11) Certain variations will cause an unusual but normal enlargement of the vessel in a specific portion of its course; these variations include vertebral artery duplication, a C-1 or C-2 vertebral origin of the PICA, a C-1 or C-2 occipital origin of the PICA, and an intradural course of the vertebral artery at C-2.
(12) A case of macroglossia following neck clipping of VA-PICA aneurysm is described.
(13) A significant correlation between serotypes defined by reactivity of immune sera in PICA and inhibition of melanoma cell binding (MCB) was observed.
(14) The arterial territories involved were the superior cerebellar artery (SCA) in 13 cases (alone in 8 cases), the anterior inferior cerebellar artery in 2 cases, the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) in 17 cases (alone in 13 cases) and border areas in 5 cases (associated with SCA or PICA).
(15) Thus, eating of nonnutritive substances such as kaolin, so-called pica, is an illness-response behavior of rats analogous to vomiting in humans.
(16) The majority of descriptions of pica have dealt with its occurrence in children, in pregnant women, and as a societal practice in certain cultures studied from a medico-anthropologic point of view.
(17) Although pica is a common manifestation of iron deficiency, this appears to be the first reported case of salt pica secondary to iron deficiency.
(18) Abnormal eating behaviors such as pica or coprophagy are usually caused by a dietary imbalance or boredom.
(19) The language skills of 11 aphasic patients were assessed through the use of the PICA.
(20) The relationship of mineral deficiency to pica and anorexia nervosa is discussed.
Postscript
Definition:
(n.) A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the work has been finished, containing something omitted, or something new occurring to the writer.
Example Sentences:
(1) Finally, a postscript offers a parallel between the writings of Charles Dickens and the pauper cemetery.
(2) It's like that idea that all philosophy is a postscript to Plato: you come to realise that all plays are a postscript to Hamlet.
(3) Series co-ordinator Ros Brown now offers a postscript which acts as a conclusion for the series and reflects on the dilemmas and opportunities which face charge nurses as they enter into the world of purchasers and providers, hospital Trusts and PREPP.
(4) In a postscript, he conceded that not everyone was happy with his move.
(5) Compliance with existing "official" (e.g., IEEE 802.3) and "de facto" standards (e.g., PostScript) was considered to be extremely important for the selection of both hardware and software.
(6) In the postscript, John denounces the church for "sanctioning" liberal wings of the communion while capitulating to vehemently homophobic churches.
(7) Postscript In response to this piece, a Department for Work and Pensions spokesperson said: "Disability Living Allowance is unlike many other benefits in that entitlement is based on the care and mobility needs of each individual rather than a set of specific rules such as earnings or capital.
(8) The postscript to the story is you did finally manage to get hold of someone at BT who offered to cut your monthly bill significantly to get you to stay.
(9) In his weekly email to subscribers (to promote his online series Horace and Pete), Louis CK included a 1,400-word postscript urging his fans – particularly Republicans – not to vote for Trump.
(10) In an updated postscript to the booklet, he says that if the government is able to open civil marriage to gay people, it "will be the clearest possible signal that gay people are accepted in this society on a fully equal basis".
(11) Postscript: in 1982, Brown won Cosmopolitan magazine’s America’s sexiest man contest.
(12) In Maurice 's 1960 postscript, Forster unites the threat to wilderness that stalks both novels: "There is no forest or fell to escape to today, no cave in which to curl up."
(13) Postscript The victory over Southampton was Everton's last before today's game against Newcastle, though they have only played three matches since - draws at Middlesbrough and at home to West Ham, and a 2-1 defeat to Arsenal at Highbury (when Moyes was particularly frustrated to concede a goal to a corner in the first five minutes, having spent the morning practising defending against set pieces).
(14) In spite of Freud's recommendation in his postscript to Dora, analysts may neglect, as Schwaber has pointed out, the patient's perception of the analyst's participation in the analytic context.
(15) This article includes many suggestions for improved layout and content of laboratory reports, including the use of PostScript-based laser printers, as well as display work-stations and voice response.
(16) The image files are transmitted to a VAX computer for processing and image reconstruction, and the processed images are transmitted back to the personal computer for display and recording using a film recorder or PostScript printer.
(17) Liberals hit back by tacking on their own spontaneous postscripts, promising to serve the nation "in accordance with the demands of the revolution".
(18) We are opening our arms and our doors to anyone on the planet that can help us overcome the great barriers to save our reefs and Leonardo DiCaprio is most certainly someone who can help us make significant and positive changes for the future health of the Great barrier Reef.” Postscript: After this article was first published, Indigenous traditional land owners in north Queensland, the Yidindji nation, also extended an invite to DiCaprio.
(19) The skirmish over the release of the contract has become just one more postscript in the Great Olympic Stadium Mystery.
(20) Their ectopic formation may acquire biological or clinical significance, as relatively many cells remain in the APUD stage of differentiation, if the process of postscriptional adjustment of the formed hormones is not impaired.